Suleyman Shah Tomb
Posted on 02/22/2015 1:10:13 AM PST by tcrlaf
Hundreds of Turkish troops in armoured vehicles have entered into northern Syria and evacuated a historic Ottoman tomb and the soldiers guarding it.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the remains of Suleyman Shah would be moved elsewhere in Syria.
He said troops had destroyed the tomb's complex, apparently to prevent it from being used by Islamic State (IS) militants. Turkey considers the shrine be to sovereign territory. Suleyman Shah was grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman empire, Osman the first.
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The operation began on Saturday at about 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT) and ended on Sunday morning.
A large convoy, including 600 troops and about 100 tanks and armoured vehicles, passed through Kobane - the city which Syrian Kurdish fighters retook last month from IS - and travelled some 35km (20 miles) south to the tomb on the banks of the Euphrates river.
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It’s incomprehensible to me that no one in the DC crowd is speaking out against the regime-change war still going on in Syria. The result everywhere it’s been done has been total chaos. The only exception is Egypt, where a powerful leader had to remove the government the US put in place, and can no longer be seen as a reliable ally.
Putin may not be there forever but his mindset may linger among many of the leadership in power. Look what happened to Venezuela, we got rid of the main man and then someone just as bad took over.
The irony of men and armor moving through Kobane to rescue a dead man was not lost on the local Kurds.
“We got a breather but as we see, even here at FR, the USSR has supporters posting.
tcrlaf is the head of them it seems.”
NO TROLLING!!
Russia is so singular. You never quite learn how to understand and deal with her.
For now that is, for now.
I wonder if the Russian people wonder if we in the United States have enough sense to ever elect a good leader.
If Syria falls I would bet on Russia making its move.
If Syria falls I would bet on Russia making its move.
Great...NATO is going to go to war for frikkin’ Turkey.
Suleyman Shah Tomb
It would be nice if the Turks could win and hold a widening corridor to this site.
You think the mods can’t read your posts and recognize that you are focused on promoting the Soviet/Putin/ Russia positions here?
Putin has been there since the days of the Soviet Union, and runs Russia, he will be replaced by another evil man when the day comes.
As we have learned, Russia is Russia because that is who they are, and always will be.
We do know that submitting to Russia is never intelligent.
“You think the mods can’t read your posts and recognize that you are focused on promoting the Soviet/Putin/ Russia positions here?”
Hmmm...
what did I post that wasn’t fact, or that you don’t like??
Or, are you just trolling, yet again?
The best “fact” that you have posted, was my quote about you.
Thanks. People should know your purpose, and which nation’s interests you strive to promote here.
So, beside paranoid hysteria, you have nothing. That’s good to know.
Describing conservative national defense positions of people like Reagan and Ted Cruz as “paranoid hysteria”, is such a worn out phrase of the pro-Russian left, that you should try something new.
When even Obama is not weak enough for you in dealing with your man Putin, you are really on the fringe.
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